It may surprise some to find that Backbone.js was released just over a year and a half ago. In that time, Backbone has gained a remarkable reach, and one that stretched beyond our anticipations. As just one example (and there are many examples to be found in the Backbone documentation), last week brought us to BackboneConf in Boston where several hundred developers gathered to discuss Javascript application development.

Jeremy Ashkenas, engineer emeritus of DocumentCloud, opened the conference with the first State of the Backbone keynote. We’ve recorded it for those who weren’t able to join us at BackboneConf.